A non-standard fan control technique
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:39 am
I realized something... gradually scaling fan speed up with temperature doesn't really make sense, for video cards.
This also can apply to CPUs, with different software
I took msi afterburner (I have a msi geforce TF 660 2gd5/OC) and set fan scaling to minimum, from 0 to 60C, and then from 60C to 80C it ramps from 0% duty load, to 100%, obviously sitting at 50% at 70C
I can game at idle speeds.
Now of course, my GPU has a minimum fan speed, which is 1050, which is why this method works well.
This also can apply to CPUs, with different software
I took msi afterburner (I have a msi geforce TF 660 2gd5/OC) and set fan scaling to minimum, from 0 to 60C, and then from 60C to 80C it ramps from 0% duty load, to 100%, obviously sitting at 50% at 70C
I can game at idle speeds.
Now of course, my GPU has a minimum fan speed, which is 1050, which is why this method works well.